Is there some reason that Americans can’t drive trucks? But after a series of horrifying truck accidents by illegal aliens, some of whom didn’t even speak English, the Trump administration cracked down and the media is crying.
Some 200,000 immigrant truck drivers will begin to lose their commercial driver’s licenses as they expire under a new Trump administration rule that takes effect Monday.
Really? What kind of immigrants? Since it’s the media, you already know the answer.
The rule bars immigrants who are asylum seekers, refugees or recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses.
Illegal aliens in other words. Illegal migrants who claim to be refugees and illegal aliens who claim to be minors.
Here’s the actual Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule.
“Only those in lawful immigration status (who provide “evidence of lawful immigration status”
In short, only illegals are actually being excluded. What about that 200,000 figure? It’s closer to 194,000.
The remaining roughly 194,000 current non-domiciled CDL holders will exit the freight market
The media is howling that we’re going to lose 200,000 truck drivers. The madness is that we ever had truck drivers who never even spoke English.
This is from 2023.
A man accused of causing a deadly crash on Interstate-94 west of Mapleton on Wednesday, March 15, appeared before a judge on Friday afternoon. A Mandarin interpreter helped the judge inform 52-year-old Yuhai Zhu of his rights, of the two felony charges against him, and potential consequences. He is charged with negligent homicide and reckless endangerment. The body of the driver in the other semi, 72-year-old Randall Buxton, was discovered after emergency crews got the fire put out.
This is from 2019.
The first crash mentioned by USDOT happened in slowed traffic on I-70 near Lakewood, Colorado, on April 25, 2019. Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was hauling a load of lumber when he reportedly hit speeds of 85 m.p.h. in an area where trucks are limited to 45 m.p.h and lost control of his brakes before crashing into slowed traffic. The resulting pileup involved 24 passenger vehicles and four semi trucks. Video captured before the crash showed that Aguilera-Mederos bypassed a runaway ramp prior to slamming into slowed traffic, killing four and injuring several others. Cuban-born Aguilera-Mederos spoke to police using a translator, and a translator also assisted him during court appearances, KDVR reports.
This is from 2025.
According to the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), New York-based truck driver Sukhjinder Singh was driving at an unsafe speed when he jackknifed and struck a passenger vehicle driven by 59 year old Pennsylvania resident Kevin C. Lataille. The crash knocked the passenger vehicle into the lake below the bridge, and Lataille was considered a missing person for several days before his vehicle was pulled out of the lake with his body still inside on January 26. While MCSO mentioned that Singh used a translator to speak to police
If you can’t read English, you shouldn’t be driving a vehicle. Yet the same people who want to restrict the right to purchase arms are happy to have someone who can’t read behind the wheel of a semi.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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